Sunday, April 28, 2013

Five nominees, of which 3 are online. I finished 2 - ok reads, but I get a feeling there are better ways of spending my time. I left another one unfinished, & didn't bother to look up the remaining 2.

Caution: Both stories I finished involve homosexual love. Was that the flavor of the season?

List below is in order of my preference, best first, unread last. Where I have a separate post on a story, link on story title goes there.

Thomas Olde Heuvelt's "The Boy Who Cast No Shadow" (B); download: This
is actually a several years old Dutch story, probably translated to
English last year - hence eligible.

Two teenage boys, bullied by their peers because they're "different", try coming to terms with their differences...

Seanan McGuire's "In Sea-Salt Tears" (B); download; fantasy: One of
the many clans of Faeries living (among humans?) on US west coast is
living a life of punishment for past hunting sins. This is a coming of
age story of a girl from this clan.

Catherynne M Valente's "Fade To White": download text/audio; Clarkesworld, August 2012: It comprises of many vignette sized & independent sections. I gave up
after may be 3 or 4 of them; just could not get into the story. Apparently describing a
media-driven society.